Summary

Part III, Chapter 5 - This chapter continues recounting the past. U Saw cruelly refuses to mail any of Tin Win’s letters to Mi Mi, and he pulls Mi Mi’s letters from the mail when they arrive. This goes on for over a year. They write to one another every single day. U Saw considers the love between to be a madness. He hopes the infatuation will fade in time. He also knows that the predicted catastrophe appears to have been avoided. Meanwhile, U Saw also knows it is only a matter of time before the Germans take London and the Japanese overthrow Burma's government.

Part III, Chapter 6 – It is U Saw who sends Tin Win to the United States to study law with the intent that he will return to ultimately become a partner in the company...